"Sustainability is nothing more than putting in place the age-old desire to live richly, equitably, and peaceably with each other and with our natural surroundings so that our 'home' may offer itself to the imaginations and tables of generations to come." Ted Bernard, Hope and Hard Times

Like many of us, I have occasionally been guilty of buying the occasional box of Chinese Mandarins or off-season package of snow peas. I steadfastly ignore my inner voice - you know the one that berates you for all the excessive food miles and says "it's from China - you don't really believe that organic label, do you"? After all, the kids love …

Biofuels are one of those ideas that can work incredibly well when applied at an appropriate scale, but which can rapidly spiral out of control if implemented at an industrial level. For example ethanol can be an excellent renewable fuel when created from agricultural cull and waste feedstock, and when distilled on the farm or as a cooperative …

Elizabeth May, Leader of the Canadian Green Party, made history by becoming the first Green to be elected to parliament in North America. Her riding, Saanich-Gulf Islands, is located just to the east of the City of Victoria on Vancouver Island BC and just south of Gabriola Island, home to New Society Publishers. May picked the Saanich-Gulf …